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Lead DevOps & Automation Engineer – DV or eDV Cleared
Location: Fully site-based in Cheltenham, Manchester, London or Scarborough.
Salary & Benefits:
- Up to £75,000
- £5,400 car allowance (or cash alternative)
- 25 days' holiday, with the option to buy up to 10 additional days
- £3,000 clearance retention bonus
- AXA medical insurance
- 6% pension contribution
- Life assurance (4x salary)
Clearance: Active DV or eDV clearance required.
We're looking for a Lead DevOps & Automation Engineer to lead DevOps capability across secure, enterprise-scale environments. You'll manage a team of engineers, drive automation initiatives, shape DevOps best practices, and play a key role in technical leadership, innovation and continuous improvement.
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What you'll be doing
- Lead a team of DevOps Engineers, supporting their development and technical growth.
- Drive the adoption of DevOps best practices and automation across multiple programmes.
- Design and implement DevOps and automation solutions.
- Develop scripts, services and configurations to support an Infrastructure as Code strategy.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring and support throughout project delivery.
- Work with pre-sales teams to understand customer challenges and define technical solutions.
What you'll bring
- Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, automation pipelines and systems integration.
- A proactive approach to identifying risks and driving continuous improvement.
- Experience leading automation initiatives from concept through to delivery.
- Strong experience with Microsoft and Linux technologies in secure, highly available enterprise environments.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
- Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash and/or Python.
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Nice to have
- Strong knowledge of Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Experience designing complex technical solutions and producing technical documentation.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar.
- Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes or Tanzu.
- Good understanding of network security and TCP/IP networking.
- Experience across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
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